Hi folks, Now that the alpha release of Koha 3.0 is out, we need to start lining up commitments from folks who want to translate Koha into their language. If you want your translation to be accepted for the 3.0 release, you MUST submit it before February 1st, 2008, which is the date that the Beta is released! Note: even partial submissions will be accepted. So, what is the procedure for submitting a translation? You can, of course, roll your own, but if you want your translation to be included in the main release of Koha 3.0, we'd best have a bit of a formal procedure ... so here's my crack at an overview of the process: 1. Please take a look at http://translate.koha.org. Some translations already exist; please consider taking over an existing translation rather than starting a fresh one, unless the existing one is un-usably poor :-) 2. Please post your intent to translate Koha to the koha-translate list: http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate In your email, please specify your Language, Region, and Country (and if your language uses a non-latin script, please also indicate the Script). Koha uses RFC4646 for managing language subtags, so it's important that we know all of those aspects of the language you're providing. It's important that you post your intent, this way we can avoid overlap and perhaps can even do some collaboration. Note: even if you've contributed a contribution previously, please announce your intent so we can have you on record for the 3.0 version. 3. Determine the application you intend to use to do the translation. You have a few options: a. http://translate.koha.org will allow you to add your translations via a web-based interface. If your language, region, country and script are not listed, please email me and I will add them. b. Desktop Application - there are a few: LocFactory Editor (for OSX), POEdit (for Windows), Kbabel (for Linux). If you use a desktop application, please ensure that your encoding is set either UTF-8 or UTF-16, depending on your language's script support in UTF-8. Most languages should use UTF-8. c. Text file -- yes, you can edit POT files directly in a text editor, but please make sure you have the proper encoding as with the Desktop application. 4. Obtain the Translation Files. (doesn't apply if you use translate.koha.org). You need to copy two files from the Koha 3.0 repository, one for the OPAC, and one for the Staff Client: http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob_plain;f=misc/translator... http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob_plain;f=misc/translator... 5. Naming your files. (doesn't apply if you use translate.koha.org). Starting with Koha 3, we're using RFC4646 language subtag naming conventions, (have a look at http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/ for an intro). RFC4646 has a concept of 'extensions' that Koha uses to tag for the 'theme' (t) 'interface' (i) and 'version' (v). For example, if you're creating a French translation from France, for the staff interface, and version 3.00.00.00, the filename would be: fr-FR-i-staff-t-prog-v-3000000.po 6. If you've used translate.koha.org to submit your translation, when you have finished, the system will have that indicated on the report (100%). Otherwise, you'll have to send the file to us somehow. You can do that via email to the list (in which case i recommend creating an archive of the completed files, rather than sending them through in raw format). Or, if you are reasonable comfortable with the command line, you can submit them via Git as a patch. Here are the basic instructions for how to contribute using Git: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:git_usage Translations go in the misc/translator/po file, and should utilize the standard naming conventions. If you have a question, don't hesitate to ask. So ... any takers? Feel free to post on-list or email directly to me, I'll try to coordinate the activity. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf@liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS